Timeline
Inazo Nitobe converts to Quakerism in Baltimore, Maryland.
The first dedicated Quaker school for girls in Japan is established in Tokyo, named “The Friends Girls School”.
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Michi Kawai attends her first YWCA camp in Silver Bay, New York, sparking a lifelong association with the organization.
Inazo Nitobe is named an inaugural exchange professor for the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace and delivers a series of lectures at Columbia University in New York City and other American colleges.
Tokyo Woman’s Christian University is established by Inazo Nitobe, who is appointed the first president.
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Ai Hoshino receives a Masters degree from Teachers College, Columbia University in New York City.
Michi Kawai founds the Keisen School for Young Women, the predecessor to modern day Keisen University.
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Japan surrenders and the position of Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers, or SCAP, is created. Japanese society begins to undergo a series of changes in its government, economy, industry, and education, overseen by the American occupation forces and SCAP. Kawai and Hoshino join SCAP to promote women’s education throughout the country.
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